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On the occasion of World Philosophy Day in Russia proclaimed by UNESCO for 2009, the St. Petersburg Department of V.A. Steklov Mathematical Institute (PDMI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences announces the Conference 'Philosophy, Mathematics, Linguistics: Aspects of Interaction' and the associated Workshop 'Number Words: Syntax, Semantics, Logic'. Organized in collaboration with Faculty of Philosophy of St. Petersburg State University, IHPST/Chaire d'Excellence 'Ontological Structure and Semantics Structure', Arché-St.Andrews - the Philosophical Research Centre for Logic, Language, Metaphysics and Epistemology, and the CSMN - the Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature, the Conference will be held on November 19-22, and the pre-conference Workshop will be held on November 17, 18. Denoted together as PhML 2009, they are intended to provide a forum for presentation of current research, and to stimulate an interdisciplinary dialogue between mathematicians, logicians, philosophers, computer scientists and linguists.

Call for Papers

The St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Mathematical Institute solicits papers for the International Interdisciplinary Conference "Philosophy, Mathematics, Linguistics: Aspects of Interaction", to be held on November 19-22, 2009. We invite to submit extended abstracts of papers relating to Philosophy Mathematics Linguistics interplay for presentation at the Conference. Each paper will be allotted 20 min for presentation + 5 min for discussion. Papers from any tradition and from a wide variety of perspectives are welcome, including but in no way limited to the following topics:

- Logic and foundations of mathematics; - Ontology of mathematics and the nature of mathematical truth; - The problem of abstract entities in mathematics, philosophy and linguistics; - The mathematical concept of a function: from the notions of mapping, transformation towards the notion of an algorithm; - Complexity of finite objects: limited possibilities of man and computer; - Philosophical and mathematical aspects of informatics; - Philosophical aspects of the use of natural language in mathematics; - Mathematical investigation of natural language structures; - Mathematical models for compositionality in the study of language, mind and brain; - Formal models of verbal communication.

Since we intend to promote interdisciplinary joint work, we especially welcome studies that cross disciplinary boundaries and consider different aspects of Philosophy, Mathematics, and Linguistics in interaction.